About the Measure
Domains | Mental health and wellbeing |
Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
Subscales | Optimism; Pessimism |
Description | A measure of dispositional optimism. |
Example | If something can go wrong for me, it will |
Link | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1069072702010001003 |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 10 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 13-18 |
Cost single purchase | Free |
Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .62-.78 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | 2-factor orthogo |
CFA | 2-factor model (adolescents) Chi-square(8)= 11.47 p< .001 RMSEA=.04 CFI=.99 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Self-esteem, r= [.34,.55]; General Health Questionnaire-12: r= [-.38, -.37] (Total and Optimism) and r= .19 (Pessimism) |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Creed, P. A., Patton, W., & Bartrum, D. (2002). Multidimensional properties of the LOT-R: Effects of optimism and pessimism on career and well-being related variables in adolescents. Journal of Career Assessment, 10(1), 42-61. doi:10.1177/1069072702010001003 |